In business since the latter part of 1950s, Texas Manufacturing Co. produces fire protection fabrication and fabricated fittings. Based in Whitesboro, Texas, it is a manufacturer of carbon and stainless steel piping systems, headers, manifolds and grooved fittings for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and mechanical and fire protection contractors, nationwide. The various products made by the firm include adapters, bull plugs, caps, crosses, elbows, in-building risers, laterals, reducers, shape nipples, tees and wyes. Originally the company started off with producing propane storage tanks and livestock trailers till it formed the ASME Section VIII Division 1 pressure vessels for the petrochemical industry.